Toy



D. H. BROOK.

TOY.

APPLICATION F'LED MY 1'91 1919. I 1,331,61'7. Patentd Feb-24, 1920.

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"UNITED sTATEs DAVID H. BROOK, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

Application fi Ied May 19, 1919. Serial No. 298,085.

To all (whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, DAVID H. Bnoon, a citizen of the United States, residing` at Dayton, in the county of ll/Iontgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improveinents in Toys, of which V the following is a specification.

This invention comprises an improvement in toys and has a more Specific reference to toy air-ships.

'The object of the invention is to provide a toy of this character that possesses in miniature form the general and speeific visible features of a full size operative airship.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the production of such a toy is at a minimum of cost, and at the same time to produce the toy in a durable and light form.

In the accomplishment of these results certain structural advantages inhere in the body or fuselage owing to the same together with the tail-plane and landing gear struts being formed of one integral piece of sheet metal as hereinafter more clearly pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure '1 is a plan view of the blank from which the fuselage, tail-plane and landing gear struts are formed.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the fuselage, tail-plane and landing gear struts after form has been given the blank.

Fig. .3 is a section on the line S of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of Fg. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the toy as completely formed, the same being a view looking at the front end of Fig. 2.

. As shown in Fig. 1 the part 1 which is subsequently bent to form the body or fuselage, the part 2 which forms the tail plane and the parts 8 and 3' which form the landing gear struts are stamped from a single sheet of metal such as tin, aluminum or other light material which admits of being struck up by means of suitable dies and to thereafter retain the complete air-ship form when such is given the blank.

In giving the blank such form the edges 4-4 are turned downwardly and outwardly to form the fuselage the top of which is flat longitudinally. The landing gear struts 3-3' are turned downwardly and outwardly from the edges 4-4 forward of the middle portion of the blank, the rearward struts 3' being extended clownwardly from about midway of the said blank. The said landing gear struts are bent longitudinally to impart Strength thereto and at the lower ends on each. side they come together and are integrally united to form bearings 8 for the axle 6 of the landing wheels 7. The tai] -plane 2 is given its form when stamped, with a slight downward and rearward curvature on each side of the center thereof as is indicated in Figs. 2 and 5. The parts thns formed by means of suitable dies are integral, and owng to the construction as defined, the device meets all the requirements of a toy of this character, the principal one of which is the capacity thereof to float in the air for a very considerable distance after being thrown out into the air. Besides this, the manufacture of the toy is greatly expedited owing to the features described and their manner of formation, and the cost is low. The durability of the toy likewise meets the character of usage usually given such toys.

Thile I have referred to sheet metal in the description, it will be readily seen that any suitable sheet material may be used. For example a suitable quality of card board. I however, consider sheet metal the preferred material.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. An airplane fuselage eonsisting of a longitudinal body open at the bottom with landing gear struts at the forward end thereof. the said body and landing gear struts being formed of one integral piece of sheet material.

2. An air-ship toy, comprising a body or fuselage, the tail-plane, and the landing gear struts formed from one integral piece of sheet material.

In testimony whereof I aflix my Signature.

DAVID H. BROOK. 

